I don't understand the statement. Schizophrenia is not imposed from without as if something can be done to a person(s) to cause schizophrenia. It is a malady from within. How is this group mental...

Painted bike lanes are great on roads wide enough. On Sebastopol's more narrow roads that can't support a defined bike lane, the new "Bicycle Route" signs and stencils on the roads are more visual...

Bicycles are defined as vehicles in the California Vehicle Code. They have the same rights as cars on public roads. Every public street in Sebastopol is already a "bicycle route" just the same as...

A quick search of home invasions in Sonoma County shows that they are very uncommon. I couldn't find any that were done by desperately hungry non-criminals just trying to survive. The common thread...

Much of the National Review Online article supporting the Drakes Bay Oyster Company relies on one scientist, Corey Goodman. For another perspective of his views, read...

Another interesting article at https://www.eastbayexpress.com/ebx/the-real-reasons-for-ken-salazars-decision/Content?oid=3405939

The time for petitions has passed. There were over 52,000 Public Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. 92% of these comments (nearly 48,000) urged the Secretary of the Interior to...

There was an informative article about this project in yesterday's Marin IJ. The six acre, 200 tree plot is a quite recent 'forest' and is not a candidate for heritage preservation. The article...

California's landscape has been extensively altered by human habitation. NPS is to be commended for attempting to restore representative examples of our native flora and fauna. Our indigenous plants...

Golly, Dixon, your interpretation of my post “…that regulation is never necessary…” is in error. My position as stated is that we need to “…resist efforts to over-regulate our lives with unnecessary...

Definition of COMMON SENSE: sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts (Merriam-Webster Dictionary). It's hard to believe that anyone would think that using...

The "squirter thingy" is a bulb syringe. After the Debrox solution softens the impacted wax, using the bulb syringe filled with warm water (and perhaps 25% hydrogen peroxide) flushes out the softened...

I thank Chief Weaver for providing the other side to the story. Too often on this board, knee-jerk cop-haters jump at every opportunity to rant about police brutality, over-zealous enforcement of...

Bummer. We've had some fine meals and listened to some good live music at the Pine Cone. I liked the senior discount on Wed(?). It's a great location in our community and I hope the next iteration...

One of the problems with this issue is the moving target of issues. Everything I read on this particular thread seems to target gas leaf blowers, yet the city council is poised to ban both gas and...

If someone has been cited two previous times for speeding on a certain road, it's difficult to have sympathy for that person when they get a third ticket for speeding on the same road. It appears to...

If westbound on 116, the speed limit drops from 50 mph to 45 mph at Llano Rd intersection, not at Lone Pine Rd. Know the posted speed limit at all times by noting the regulatory speed limit signs,...

I read the statement below about Sebastopol PD writing more tickets than any city in the county and wondered if this was accurate as no statistics or reference were included. A quick web search...

This is like the old telephone message game where the message changes as it gets further from the original message. In the original post in this thread, there are four police officers, one cruiser,...

I've lived here for 22 years and have been pulled over only once (for a burnt-out headlight) and it was a positive encounter. I have no problem with the poIice doing their job, and I would like them...

The Mosque at 'Ground Zero'

Christopher Hitchens

The argument about whether or not to have a memorial mosque in the vicinity of the “Ground Zero” of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks...